Table 3
Number of unemployed, number of job vacancies, and unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, by sector

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Number of unemployed, number of job vacancies, and unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, by sector

Table summary
This table displays the results of number of unemployed three-month average ending in september 2011, number of unemployed, number of job vacancies and unemployment-to-job vacancies, calculated using thousands and ratio units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Three-month average ending in September 2011
  Number of unemployed Number of job vacancies Unemployment-to-job vacancies
  thousands ratio
Sector aggregates      
Industrial aggregate excluding unclassified businessesNote 1 811.7 248.1 3.3
Forestry, logging and support 23.5 0.6 37.4
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 9.7 8.7 1.1
Utilities 4.2 1.8 2.4
Construction 73.6 14.3 5.1
Manufacturing 96.7 20.3 4.8
Wholesale trade 19.6 14.1 1.4
Retail trade 99.5 26.4 3.8
Transportation and warehousing 34.4 13.4 2.6
Information and cultural industries 13.3 4.8 2.8
Finance and insurance 19.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Real estate and rental and leasing 9.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Professional, scientific and technical services 42.1 20.2 2.1
Management of companies and enterprises Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.8 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 58.1 20.3 2.9
Educational services 103.7 10.4 10.0
Health care and social assistance 44.9 31.0 1.4
Arts, entertainment and recreation 37.4 4.1 9.2
Accommodation and food services 76.7 23.3 3.3
Other services (excluding public administration) 29.8 10.6 2.8
Public administrationNote 2 11.5 5.3 2.2
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
F too unreliable to be published
Note 1.

The industrial aggregate might differ from the sum of individual sector aggregates because of cell suppression.

Note 2.

Does not include federal, provincial or territorial public administration.

Note(s): Unemployment data are only for those who last worked within the previous 12 months.